16 Dec 2017

153 Eric Trules | Rebelling Against Conformity and Finding Freedom Through the Arts

Posted in podcast, storytellers By pjadmin On December 16, 2017

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Here’s the Recap:

Trules is the host of e-travels with e. trules. He’s lived an incredibly interesting life and recently discovered the world of podcasting. He’s an artist, “self-producer and self-initiator”, an amazing storyteller and has taught theater at USC for 31 years. He’s been a performer for almost five decades as a modern dancer and a clown, of all things! Going into his last year of teaching he was offered a grant from the school for a project of his choosing and he chose a podcast. And we’re lucky he did!

What We Covered:

01:41 – How Eric and I met
06:21 – Why he started the podcast
12:01 – His affinity of audiobooks and the spoken word
13:44 – The friendships he’s developed as a result of podcasting
16:35 – Eric’s emergence as a performer
19:55 – His earliest choreographer and director, Shirley Mordine
21:10 – Falling in love with being a clown
25:36 – Flashmobs
27:41 – His non-profit arts company, Free Public Laughs, and street performances
29:48 – How being in costume allows you the freedom of expression
32:27 – The arrest of Gino the Clown
33:15 – Challenging societal norms and going beyond convention
37:04 – Why he felt repressed during his college years
38:22 – Growing up in the ’50’s and 60’s
40:51 – How saying ‘yes’ to opportunities led him to become an artist
43:16 – His perspective on the current state of the US administration
45:49 – Traveling and the unwarranted fears people have about it
47:24 – Not having everything planned out and heading into his third and final act
49:05 – What he’s changed his mind about recently
49:26 – The one most misunderstood thing about him